Skip to content
The Moon on Sunday, April 9, 1978: Waxing Crescent, 4% lit

Waxing · 3.8% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 11°

Moon age

1.9days

Moon phase on April 9, 1978Waxing Crescent

Sunday 9 April 1978392,045 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, April 9, 1978, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 3.8% of its visible face lit, 1.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

3.8%Illumination at noon UTC
1.9 dMoon age
392,045 km243,605 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (12°)
30.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 9, 1978 is on Sunday, April 23, 1978 at 04:11 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, April 7, 1978 at 15:15 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, April 7, 197815:15
First Quarter (after)Saturday, April 15, 197813:56

The Moon around April 9

More about this date

Sunday, April 9, 1978 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 7, 1978 to the new moon of May 7, 1978, a cycle of 29.56 days.